<!--#include virtual="/server/header.html" --> <!-- Parent-Version:1.971.99 --> <!-- This page is derived from /server/standards/boilerplate.html --> <!-- Please do not change/links/links.html,/links/links.html withoutexplicit instruction from rms)consulting with a senior webmaster or www-discuss --> <title>Links to Other Free Software Sites - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation</title> <!--#include virtual="/links/po/links.translist" --> <!--#include virtual="/server/banner.html" --> <div class="reduced-width"> <h2>Links to Other Free Software Sites</h2> <div class="thin"></div> <p> To help promote knowledge of free software that isn't <a href="/philosophy/categories.html#GNUsoftware">GNUsoftware distributed bysoftware</a> released under the auspices of theFSF</a>,<a href="/gnu/gnu.html">GNU Project</a>, we have collected the following links to other web sites that contain free software, or are directly related to the issue of free software. </p> <p> We do not have links to web sites of the well-known GNU/Linux system distributions, or to the well-known BSD system distributions, because all those sites explicitly describe, and facilitate access to, various nonfree programs. We would be glad to know of other free software web sites that we could link to here. </p> <p> <em><span class="highlight">The FSF is not responsible for the contents of other web sites, or how up-to-date they are.</span></em></p> <h3 id="FreeGNULinuxDistributions">Free GNU/Linux distributions</h3> <p> We maintain information about <a href="/distros/distros.html"> fully-free GNU/Linux distributions</a>.</p> <h3 id="OtherFreeOperatingSysyems">Other free operating systems</h3> <p> We maintain information about <a href="/distros/free-non-gnu-distros.html"> fully-free system distributions that are not GNU/Linux</a>.</p> <h3 id="FreeSoftwareCollections">Collections of free software</h3> <ul> <li><ahref="https://www.delorie.com/">DJ Delorie's site</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ElispArea">GNU EmacsWiki: ElispArea</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208112854/http://ftp.back2roots.org/geekgadgets/">GNU programs forhref="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page">Free Software Directory</a>, a catalog of free software maintained by theAmiga and BeOS</a></li>Free Software Foundation.</li> <li><a href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Free_software_replacements"> A short list of free software replacements</a> for proprietary software running on various proprietary systems.</li> <li><a href="/software/free-software-for-education.html">Free Software for Education</a> that can be used in schools and educational institutions of all levels.</li> <li><a href="https://www.delorie.com/">DJ Delorie's site</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091208112854/http://ftp.back2roots.org/geekgadgets/"> GNU programs for the Amiga and BeOS</a> (historical).</li> </ul> <h3 id="FreeSoftwareDoc">Free software documentation</h3> <p> The documentation at these sites may be older than the latest <a href="/doc/doc.html">versions distributed by GNU</a>. </p> <ul> <li><ahref="https://en.flossmanuals.net/">Flosshref="https://archive.flossmanuals.net/">Floss Manuals</a>, a collection of free manuals for freesoftware.</li> <li><a href="http://www.rocketaware.com/orbit/Lo/">Reuse RKT</a> provides linkssoftware, published before 2015. <strong>Note:</strong> The page toFAQs, standards and references.</li>view more recent publications requires <a href="/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">nonfree JavaScript</a>, so we don't link to it.</li> <!-- I contacted flossmanual.net (see RT #2018878) Dora Feb 16, 2024 --> <li><a href="/software/gnujdoc/gnujdoc.html">GNUjdoc</a> is a central archive of Japanese translations of GNU documents.</li> </ul> <h3id="UnofficialGNUSites">Unofficial GNU sites</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/gnu/">Trent's pages</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223080452/http://www.visuarama.com/gnuino/gnuino.html">A Spanish introduction to free software (archived)</a>.</li> </ul> <h3id="FreeCulture">Free knowledge & free culture</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia.org</a>- The—The Free Encyclopedia.</li> <li><a href="https://opencasebook.org/">H2O Open Casebook</a> — A project by the Harvard Law School Library that publishes casebooks and other course materials in the field of legal education. The H2O platform is free software, released under the AGPLv3 license. However, the materials are published under CC BY-NC-SA, a license rendered nonfree by the ”NonCommercial“ limitation (see an <a href="https://stallman.org/articles/online-education.html">explanation</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ourproject.org/">OurProject.org</a>- Free—Free Software & Free Knowledge for a Free Society (mostly in Spanish).</li> <li><ahref="https://web.archive.org/web/20220205150639/https://www.mutopiaproject.org/"> Mutopia</a> - collectshref="https://www.mutopiaproject.org/">Mutopia</a> —collects and distributes free music, and information about free music.</li> </ul> <h3 id="FreeSoftwareOrganizations">Organizations related to free software</h3> <ul> <li><ahref="https://web.archive.org/web/20160801150658/http://mx.gnu.org/"> GNU Mexico</a> - The Mexican branch of the GNU Project</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160306082159/http://es.gnu.org/P%C3%A1gina_Principal"> GNU Spain</a> - The Spanish branch of the GNU Project</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140418145937/http://it.gnu.org/"> GNU Italia</a> - The Italian branch of the GNU Project</li> <li><ahref="https://fsfe.org/">FSF Europe</a>, Free Software Foundation Europe.</li> <li><ahref="https://fsffrance.org/">FSF France</a>, Free Software Foundation France.</li> <li><a href="https://fsf.org.in/">FSF India</a>, Free Software Foundation India.</li> <li><ahref="https://www.fsfla.org/ikiwiki/">FSF Latin America</a>, Free Software Foundation Latin America</li> <li><a href="https://www.gnusolidario.org/">GNU Solidario</a>, a non-profit project to help developing countries with health and education using free software tools</li> <li><ahref="http://www.belgeler.org/">Belgeler.org</a> - Ahref="https://web.archive.org/web/20230714032504/http://www.belgeler.org/">Belgeler.org</a> —A very comprehensive Turkish Translation project including philosophical writings aboutFree Software</li> <li><a href="https://april.org/">APRIL</a></li>free software</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180908201904/http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/indprop/docs/comp/replies/appendix44_en.pdf"> European Software Patent Horror Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://endsoftwarepatents.org/">End Software Patentscampaign </a></li>campaign</a>, an initiative of the Free Software Foundation.</li> <li><ahref="https://plos.org/">Publichref="http://plos.org/">Public Library of Science</a> organizessupport for online public libraries of science.</li> <li><a href="https://opencores.org/">OpenCores.Org</a> is a volunteer group interested in developing hardware, with a similar ethos to the free software movement.</li>libre-publication journals (often called “open access”).</li> <li><ahref="https://www.openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMaphref="https://www.openstreetmap.org/">OpenStreetMap</a> is a free editable map of the whole world.OpenStreetMapIt allows you to freely view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborativeway.</a></li>way.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220121060323/https://www.freemodelfoundry.com/"> The Free Model Foundry</a> - for electrical engineers, free simulation models of digital components.</li> <li><a href="https://ffii.org/">Foundation for a Free Informational Infrastructure (FFII)</a></li> <li><ahref="http://h2oproject.law.harvard.edu/">OpenCode (H2O)</a></li> <li><ahref="http://freegis.org">FreeGIS Project</a></li> <li><a href="https://translationproject.org/html/welcome.html">Translation Project</a></li> <li><ahref="https://web.archive.org/web/20150420025426/http://www.ofset.org/tiki-index.php" id="OFSET">OFSET</a> - The Organization for Free Software in Education and Teaching.</li> <li><ahref="https://web.archive.org/web/20060725024828/http://www.cipsga.org.br/"> CIPSGA [Archived Page]</a> (closed in 2010 in <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20101007124617/http://www.cipsga.org.br/"> protest against software patents</a>).</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070110042254/http://www.plugincinema.com/plugin/plugin_cinema/pffp.htm"> pFFP [Archived Page]</a>- The—The plugincinema Free Film Project promotes the use of free software to make and distribute films.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210902121601/http://softwarelivre.org/">Free Software Project in Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150701183307/http://www.fscorsica.org">Free Software Corsica</a> promotes free software and hardware that supports <a href="/distros/free-distros.html">free GNU/Linux distributions</a> in Corsica.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20181226204137/http://gnulinuxclub.org/">GnuLinuxClub.org</a>, dedicated to the propagation and usage of GNU/Linux andFree Softwarefree software among the general computer users community.</li> <li><ahref="https://www.vialibre.org.ar/en/home/">Fundacion via libre</a>,href="https://www.vialibre.org.ar/en/home/">Fundación Vía Libre</a>, an organizationwhichthat promotes sharing and development oftheknowledge based on the principles of the free softwaremovement principles.</li>movement.</li> <li><a href="https://www.sugarlabs.org/">Sugar Labs</a>, an organization set up to continue development of the Sugar desktop environment.</li> <li><a href="http://www.ffkp.se/">FFKP</a>, an organization that promotes freeculture andsoftware and free culture based in Sweden.</li> <li><a href="https://ceata.org/">Fundația Ceata</a>, Romanian foundation fighting forFree Softwarefree software andFree Culture.</li>free culture.</li> <li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org">Software Freedom Conservancy, Inc.</a>, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization incorporated in New York. They help promote, improve, develop, and defendFree, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS)free software projects.</li> <li>Several companies that sell <ahref="/links/companies.html">computershref="/links/companies.html"> computers with GNU/Linux preinstalled</a>.</li> </ul> <h3 id="FreeSoftwareCompanies">Companies that support free software development, and exclusively free software development</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://solis.com.br/">Solis</a> (in Portuguese)</li> <!-- Database connection error as of 2022-06-04 —th_g <li><a href="http://www.propus.com.br">Propus Software Livre</a> (partly in Portuguese)</li> --> <li><a href="https://www.adacore.com/">Ada Core Technologies</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.intevation.de/">Intevation GmbH</a></li> <li><a href="https://josefsson.org/">Simon Josefsson Datakonsult AB</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="FreedomOrganizations">Organizations that work for freedom in computer development and electronic communications</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://opencores.org/">OpenCores</a><p>The<p> The OpenCores projectexistsis a volunteer group interested in developing hardware, with a similar ethos tofurther the aims oftheOpen IP Core definition, which has the following tenets:free software movement: information on using the hardware must be available; the design of the hardware must be available; design software for hardware must be available. <strong>Note:</strong> The website describes the project by using the biased and confusing term “Intellectual Property,” which the GNU Project <a href="/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#IntellectualProperty">does not recommend</a>. </p></li> <li><a href="https://lumendatabase.org/">Lumen</a> <p> Lumen, formerly Chilling Effects, is a collection point for cease and desist notices concerning online activity—we invite visitors to enter C&Ds they have received or sent. The website collects the C&Ds in a searchable database and hyperlinks them to explanations of the legal issues. </p></li><li>The<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150329224604/http://progfree.org/"> League for ProgrammingFreedomFreedom</a> <p> The League for Programming Freedomiswas an organization thatopposesopposed software patents and user interface copyrights.</p> <p> The League for Programming FreedomIt is inactive now. Please join our <a href="https://endsoftwarepatents.org/">End Software Patents</a> campaign! </p></li> <li><a href="https://www.eff.org/">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a><p>EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is a(EFF) <p>A non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and theInternet.</p></li>Internet. It does not, however, advocate users' freedom to redistribute and change software.</p></li> <li><a href="https://epic.org/">Electronic Privacy Information Center</a><p>EPIC is a(EPIC) <p>A public interest research center in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.</p></li> <li><a href="http://cpsr.org/">Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility</a>(dissolved(CPSR) <p>Dissolved in2013) <p>CPSR2013. It was apublic-interestpublic interest alliance of computer scientists and others concerned about the impact of computer technology on society. They worked to influence decisions regarding the development and use of computers because those decisions have far-reaching consequences and reflect our basic values and priorities.</p></li> <li><a href="https://www.aclu.org/">American Civil Liberties Union</a> (ACLU) <p> The American Civil Liberties Union is the nation's foremost advocate of individual rights—litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States. </p></li> <li><a href="http://gilc.org">Global InternetLibertyCampaign</a>Liberty Campaign</a> (GILC) <p>The GILC comprises ofA coalition that includes among its membersfromthe American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Human Rights Watch, the Internet Society, Privacy International, the Association des Utilisateurs d'Internet, and other civil liberties and human rights organizations. They advocate the prohibition of censorshipof on-line communication,in online communications, and insist thaton-linefree expression online should not be restricted by indirect means such as excessively restrictive governmental or private controls over computer hardware or software, telecommunications infrastructure, or other essential components of the Internet. </p></li> <li><a href="https://www.efa.org.au/">Electronic Frontiers Australia</a><p>Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc.(EFA)is a<p>A non-profit national organisation representing Internet users concerned withon-lineonline freedoms and rights. </p></li><li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180809121034/http://www.libertadinformacion.org/"> Asociación por la Libertad de la Información</a> <p>An association fighting for freedom of information in Spain (inactive since 2016). </p></li></ul> <h3 id="Hosting">Hosting</h3> <p>These sites provide hosting for free software packages, focused on source code. We don't list other well-known hosting sites since theyhave advertisements or other encouragement for proprietary software.do not fully comply with the <a href="/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html"> GNU Ethical Repository Criteria</a>. As usual, contact us at <webmasters@gnu.org> if you have suggestions for the list.</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://savannah.gnu.org/">Savannah</a>, a hosting site provided by GNU for both GNU and non-GNU packages. <ahref="/software/devel.html">Morehref="/software/devel.html#CVS">More info.</a></li><li>Gna! (discontinued), the hosting site provided by FSF France, with support from the French company Free.</li><li><a href="https://puszcza.gnu.org.ua/">Puszcza</a> (pronounced “push-cha”), the hosting site maintained by long-time GNU volunteer Sergey Poznyakoff in Ukraine.</li> </ul> <h3 id="FreeSoftwareNews">News about free software</h3> <p>These sites offer updated news about GNU and other free software.</p> <ul> <li><a href="//www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/">Free Software Supporter</a> (translated into Spanish and French).</li> <li><a href="https://planet.gnu.org">planet.gnu.org</a>, aggregation of blogs and news announcements from GNU packages.</li><li><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/singaporegnu/press">Press/News</a>, free software news from a Singapore GNU users group (inactive since May 2009).</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160913034809/http://gnuticias.es.gnu.org/"> GNUticias</a> (in Spanish), archived news about free software and the GNU Project.</li></ul> </div> </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above --> <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" --> <div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div class="unprintable"> <p>Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <a href="mailto:gnu@gnu.org"><gnu@gnu.org></a>. 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